Group performance- Scripted scene

Scripted scene

Script for short scene

Rosie: Libby

Isabella: Madeline

group 

Sion: Alison

 

(The four characters putting out their washing on the washing line.)

 

Libby: The house is quite now he's gone.

 

Alison: I know.. (pick up sons top from laundry basket) I remember when I brought him this, he was only seventeen (smiles into distance)

 

Madeline: I feel so proud. They are becoming stronger men now. Just think about it Ali, their fighting for us and our country.

 

Agnes: I don't care what you say, Henry will never be a man. Never has been, never will be(roles eyes)

 

Libby: (pauses) How can you say that?

 

Agnes: He's a good for nothing low life! Fanny'ing around with that common tart next door.

 

Madeline: You must find it hard though right? I mean.. we all do.

 

Libby: what about the empty bed at night?... (pauses, waiting to hear a reply) What about the silence? Or the empty seat at supper?

 

(Agnes gives it a thought, but looks away refusing to think about what has happened)

 

Alison: Common now, we have to stay strong, as mothers, wives and women.

 

Madeline: Exactly, look at the WLA. Maybe we should join?

 

(Agnes interrupts, angrily)

 

Agnes: There not coming back. Over 6000 of them died on the first day and you think you have a chance?

 

(Libby looks down as she comes to the realization that her husband may not come back)

 

(libby exits, Alison follows Libby to try and comfort her)

 

(Madeline and Agnes are left on stage)

 

Madeline: It may be easy for you Aggie and Henry may not have been the strongest of men but for got sake have some compassion!

 

(Madeline exits. Agnes is left on stage, she gets a crumpled letter out her pocket and begins to read again and then drops in despair)

Research HW

  



For homework we were asked to research different aspects of war in groups. In the lesson 1 of the groups researched Woman's Land Army, I found out a lot from this such as:
--Women Worked on farms
-They were traditionally male jobs
- Women got paid £1.12 a week
- They had two uniforms, one for practical and one for service use

HW- stimulus for a solo piece

I've chosen 4 parts of 4 different songs to incorporate into my solo piece. Each song will be represented by a still image and then the element of the song with be acted. The four songs I have chosen are "I want to go home", " I don't want to join the army", "Keep the homes fire burning" and "Goodbye".

Fashion in WW1

Fashion in WW1

HOW WAS FASHION AFFECTED BY THE WORLD WAR 1.

-During war when men took off to fight women took the Jobs that men did before war. Women and girls that before worked as domestic servants now had to work in factories, worked as drivers, nurses and farm workers, also some volunteers for organizations like the red cross and some even joined the army.

-Many of these new duties that women had to do involved physical movement that where not easy to do wearing Edwardian type of clothes (more information about Edwardian fashion on the “Before WW1” section on this website) so fashion began to change so it could allow women to perform their duties in a easier way.

-By 1914 women’s clothing had lost the rigid, tailored lines of the Edwardian period, a military look crept into fashion, women started to wear military inspired clothes, tunics, jackets, belts and epaulets.

-Also during this period people took a plainer lifestyle, Women stopped wearing jewelry, all the lavish Edwardian fashion disappeared. Skirts became shorter so it could allow women to move easily. The use of color became sober and muted.

MENS FASHION

During world war 1 most of the men were out in the battle field trying to survive, so there was very little time for men to focus on fashion, thats why regarding to mens fashion, it almost stayed the same, the only things that changed were:

1-less accessories: during war everything was less luxurious so men stopped wearing as much jewellery and accessories as they did during the edwardian periods

2-The impermeable trench coat: This revolutionized fashion both for men and for women, because it was a really useful piece of clothing that at the end became part of the military uniform.

3-jackets loosen up: during the Edwardian times men used jackets that were really tight on the waste, creating the "sand clock" silhouette, but after war, men whore more loosen up jackets that created a more squared shape to the body

After the war jackets. Notice the trench coat, and the shape of the jackets

BEFORE THE WAR: EDWARDIAN STYLE

The Edwardian style was used during what is today known as the "Belle epoc".

Fashion was inspired by the luxurious and extravagant life of the king Edward the VII.

The use of the corset created what is called the S figure and the dresses where extremely long and heavy, also the dresses where super accessoreised with extravagant jewelry and women had to wear gloves, big hats and carry an umbrella.

So this type of fashion wasn't very practical for a women that had to work and be active.

The "S" figure

The Edwardian long corset went from the bust to the middle of the legs, so this didn't allowed women to walk freely

Some examples of how big the hats where

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